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Crossword Cute Clues -- 2001

Here are the New York Times Cute Clues I liked in the year 2001.  What you see below is what the answer might look like with only one or a few letters filled in, just as it might be if you were working a puzzle.

To enjoy the table below best, resist the temptation to click the answer cell till you've played with the clue for a while.  To appreciate the clues and answers from a different perspective, imagine that as the constructor you have a particular answer filled into the grid, and you need a clue for it.  If you don't understand why a particular answer makes sense, .

Join of arc?  W _ L _ Date:  07-11-2001
Constructor:  Richard Silvestri
Pleasant drives?  _ I _ I D O S Date:  07-15-2001
Constructor:  Elizabeth C. Gorski
This puzzle also includes the second of two errors involving Adolph Rupp, someone I've never heard of.
Be in another form  A _ E Date:  07-17-2001
Constructor:  David J. Kahn
Semi-colon?  _ O T Date:  07-18-2001
Constructor:  Elizabeth C. Gorski
Checks for letters?  R _ N _ S Date:  07-27-2001
Constructor:  Brendan Emmett Quigley
Sort of a disaster?  T _ I _ G _ Date:  08-08-2001
Constructor:  Sam Bellotto Jr.
Hun-armed bandit  A _ I _ L _ Date:  08-05-2001
Constructor:  Peter Gordon
Closing act?  S _ L _ Date:  08-05-2001
Constructor:  Peter Gordon
Odd couple?  _ E E S Date:  08-08-2001
Constructor:  Sam Bellotto Jr.
Turn green  _ E A _ E Date:  08-10-2001
Constructor:  Manny Nosowsky
Shot putter?  S _ R _ N _ E Date:  08-012-2001
Constructor:  Nancy Nicholson Joline
Pisa dough  L _ R _Date:  08-14-2001
Constructor:  Randall J. Hartman
Rough problem to face?  A C _ _ Date:  08-16-2001
Constructor:  Joe DiPietro
They can be produced by shifting  _ A _ I _ A L SDate:  08-18-2001
Constructor:  Rich Norris
It's game  _ A GDate:  08-23-2001
Constructor:  Peter Gordon
Big cuffs?  _ O SDate:  08-26-2001
Constructor:  Richard Silvestri
Morsel a horse'll eat  _ _ TDate:  09-09-2001
Constructor:  Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon
This clue cracks me up every time.
It may be found under the counter  _ R A _ I _ M O R EDate:  09-14-2001
Constructor:  Mark Diehl
It allows you to pick a number  _ U _ E _ O XDate:  09-15-2001
Constructor:  Michael Shteyman
I movement?  _ G O T _ I PDate:  09-20-2001
Constructor:  David J. Kahn
Burger topper?  _ E _ R Y M A _ _ NDate:  09-20-2001
Constructor:  David J. Kahn
Y to the max?  _ E S TDate:  09-23-2001
Constructor:  Randolph Ross
Supplicant's supporters  K _ E _ SDate:  09-27-2001
Constructor:  Manny Nosowsky
Spy rings?  P E E _ _ O L E SDate:  10-05-2001
Constructor:  Elizabeth C. Gorski
Piece advocates?: Abbr.  N _ A

Date:  10-05-2001
Constructor:  Elizabeth C. Gorski
This clue is rendered in my newspaper exactly as follows:

Piece a
dvocates?: Abbr.

Delicious leftover?  C _ R _Date:  10-07-2001
Constructor:  Patrick Berry
Possible result of pathological lying?  _ E D _ O R _Date:  10-07-2001
Constructor:  Patrick Berry
Union man?  A _ E L _ N _ O _ NDate:  10-12-2001
Constructor:  Manny Nosowsky
Unexciting, low-paid work, in modern lingo  M _ J O _Date:  10-13-2001
Constructor:  Jim Page
I especially like this one because I'd never heard it before.
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Update of November 8, 2003: Here's an article from today's Kansas City Star.

A way to define 'trouble'

CHICAGO -- McDonald's objects to the way the latest Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary depicts its job opportunities . . . .

. . . McDonald's called the term "a slap in the face to the 12 million men and women" who work in the restaurant industry.

Animated speaker?  M _ L B _ _ N _Date:  10-19-2001
Constructor:  Joe DiPietro
A gate may be attached to one  S _ A N _ A _Date:  10-19-2001
Constructor:  Joe DiPietro
Plot cover-ups?  S O _ SDate:  10-19-2001
Constructor:  Joe DiPietro
Flip response?  _ A I _ SDate:  10-24-2001
Constructor:  Sarah Keller
Sign of freshness?  S _ _ PDate:  10-28-2001
Constructor:  Michael Ashley
Cologne mister  _ E R _Date:  10-31-2001
Constructor:  Mary Pat Hidding
Get the best of  C U _ _Date:  11-02-2001
Constructor:  Mary Jung
It's placed on the bottom  D I _ _ E RDate:  11-10-2001
Constructor:  William I. Johnston
Start of a race?  _ V _Date:  11-11-2001
Constructor:  Joe DiPietro
Signs up?  _ O _ I A _Date:  11-16-2001
Constructor:  Elizabeth C. Gorski
Physical conductors: Abbr.  _ R SDate:  11-17-2001
Constructor:  Bob Peoples
Single fist  _ U K EDate:  11-17-2001
Constructor:  Bob Peoples
This puzzle also uses the answer PHFFFT to the clue "Sound of a dud."
Subordinate Clauses?  _ L _ E SDate:  11-20-2001
Constructor:  Kelly Clark
John, to Ringo  _ O ODate:  11-22-2001
Constructor:  Richard Silvestri
Catcher in the wry?  _ E R R _Date:  11-25-2001
Constructor:  Bob Klahn and Harvey Estes
Copy cats  M E _Date:  11-25-2001
Constructor:  Bob Klahn and Harvey Estes
Flip one's lid?  B _ I N _Date:  12-07-2001
Constructor:  Joe DiPietro
Shrink rap?  _ S _ EDate:  12-08-2001
Constructor:  Rich Norris
Not going on  T _ _ S EDate:  12-08-2001
Constructor:  Rich Norris
Gets under someone's skin?  _ P E _ A _ E SDate:  12-15-2001
Constructor:  Frank A. Longo
Maker of pit stops?  _ R _ MDate:  12-21-2001
Constructor:  William I. Johnston
Stop at the door, perhaps  _ A R _Date:  12-21-2001
Constructor:  William I. Johnston
Is on the bottom?  _ _ T SDate:  12-21-2001
Constructor:  William I. Johnston
Company that cares for the face and hands  _ I M E _Date:  12-23-2001
Constructor:  Frances Hansen
Like a blind spot?  S _ _ _ T E DDate:  12-28-2001
Constructor:  Manny Nosowsky
Semi-service station  _ R _ C K S _ _ PDate:  12-28-2001
Constructor:  Manny Nosowsky
Shot past?  T E _ _ I S A _ EDate:  12-29-2001
Constructor:  Bob Peoples
Super dupers?  F _ _ U _ SDate:  12-30-2001
Constructor:  Elizabeth C. Gosrski
Hard to fathom  _ E _ PDate:  12-31-2001
Constructor:  Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes

Crossword Cute Clues -- 2001

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